| Title |
Charles "Mont" Mahoney, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, March 12, 2003: Saving the legacy tape no. 622 |
| Alternative Title |
Charles "Mont" Mahoney, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Mahoney, Charles (Mont), 1922- |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2003-03-12 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
France; Germany; Austria; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Mahoney, Charles (Mont), 1922- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American; Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945--Personal narratives, American |
| Description |
Transcript (43 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Charles "Mont" Mahoney on March 12, 2003. This is from tape numbers 622.1 and 622.2 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Mahoney (b. 1922) was in ROTC at the University of Utah when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. After his graduation in 1943 he was assigned to the 276th Armonred Field Artillery Battalion. He describes joining up with his tank crew in France, being diverted up to the Battle of the Bulge, combat in Germany, and coming into contact with liberated American prisoners of war whose fellow-prisoners had confiscated the lion's share of food packages, leaving them to starve. He served with the occupation forces in Austria. 43 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
43 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Scanning Technician |
Mazi Rakhsha |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6v42tf5 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Ardennes, Battle of the (1944-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1024962 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6v42tf5 |
| Title |
Page 4 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1024921 |
| OCR Text |
Show B C: Do you remember much of that trip? MON: No, I don't. I ve got pictures of it. But they got back there and nally und place and got involved. I've recently gone through and summarized my moth r s diary from two of the years in Boston. It's fabulously interesting to me. They sold the farm in Brigham and they were down to a dollar and a quarter in the bank more than once. They were just suffering, waiting for them to send the rest of the money from Brigham. Anyway, that happened. He got his master's and doctorate from Harvard in three years, along with trying to support us. Then they came back. I've got a letter from President Thomas from the University of Utah assigning him to be an assistant professor at the University of Utah, in 1929. Of course, he was there and started, at the direction of President Thomas, The Bureau of Economic and Business Research, which did a lot. I tell people that my dad did more for the State of Utah, for nothing, financially, than anybody that's lived in the State of Utah. He got his salary, but that's all. BEC: I think that's remarkable. That must have been a huge financial risk, to just sell everything, including the farm, and go to Harvard. MON: Oh, yes. BEC: I'll bet your mother was on pins and needles, according to her diary. MON: Well, it's really interesting to me and the brothers and sisters. BEC: I think it's remarkable that she kept a diary. MON: Yes, she kept it for two years. She must have had two copies, because the second year was the same dates and everything as the first year, but I could tell it wasn't the same actions, the same things. Then, towards the end, she started changing the dates 3 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6v42tf5/1024921 |
